Garment hanger



Oct. 4, 1932. REyF g 1,880,900

GARMENT HANGER Filed July 25, 1930 INVENTOR W. MW,

Patented Oct. 4, 1932 JOSEPH DREYFUSS, 0F YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EASTERN TOOL 8t MFG. 00., OF

BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY GARMENT HANGER Application filed July 25, 1930. Serial No. 470,634.

This invention relates to an improved garment hanger which has a body portion made of wire, has a hook secured so as to swivel on the body portion, has means for preventing dresses from slipping off the arched part of the hanger and one that holds a coiled helical spring which is out of the way and which is used for holding moth balls or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanger of few parts and which utilizes depressions in the arched part not only to prevent the straps of dresses from slipping 01f the hanger but to act as supports or holders for the spring or other form of ball holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger with one wire forming the body portion, a wire formed into a hook, and

a clip to connect the ends of the wire of the body portion with the end of the hook, thus also forming a swivel connection for the hook. This makes a sturdy and cheap construction.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side View of a garment hanger embodying my invention. Figure 2 is a section 011 line 2-2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 33 in Figure 1.

The body portion of the hanger is formed with an arched part for fitting the inside of coats. The form I show consists of a wire which forms a bottom strand 10 which is bent at its ends to form the end strands 11 and 12 and then inwardly as at 13 and 14 to form the arched part. The ends 15 and 16 of the wire are opposed. I connect them by a. clip 17 which bent around the ends 15 and 16 of the wire. A good way to prevent separation of the wires is to flatten them as at 18 and the clip is wid ened to receive these flattened ends. The clip 17 is perforated to receive the headed end .19 of the shank 20 of the hook 21. This member is also made of wire,in the preferred form. I

Under the arched part I place a holder for moth balls or similar insecticide. The holder is preferably in the form of a helical or coiled spring 22 with ends supported by inwardly is usually made of sheet metal and is c and downwardly inclined loops 23 which form depressions 24. These depressions act toreceive the shoulder straps of dresses to prevent them from slipping ofi the arched part of the hanger. The spring 22 has its end 25 hooked around the loops 23 and then bent inward at 26 to extend across the passage in the spring in which the moth balls 27 are placed. The spring wire is light and the holder 22 is easily opened at the ends by bending the ends 26 while moth balls are placed into or removed from the holder. This prevents the distortion of the wire coils which would result if the balls were forced in between coils of the holder.

7 Various changes can be made in the shape of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as embodied in the claims.

I claim I 1. A garment hanger comprising a wire bent to form an arched body portion with its ends abutting in the center, a hook including a shank and a perforated clip securing the two ends of the wire together and forming a swivel connection for the shank of the hoo the arched part having a depressed open loop near each end and a coiled spring with ends supported by the said loops, said ends extending across the open ends of the spring to form resilient closures for said spring.

2. A garment hanger comprising a curved wire supported at the centre, a coiled spring, the wire having depressed inwardly inclined open loops on both sides of the centre, the spring being supported at its ends by the loops and which loops also form depressions for receiving the straps of garments.

3. "A. garment hanger comprising a wire bent to form a bottom strand and an arched top strand with the ends of the wire opposed and flattened, a hook having a headed shank thereon, a clip to connect the flattened ends of the wire and receive the shank of the hook, the arched wire having inwardly directed depressions near its ends, and a helical spring supported under tension by said wire at the depressions;

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH DREYFUSS. 

